Retaining-pin for scarfs



(No Model.)

W. H. HART, Jr. RETAINING PIN FOB SOARPS.

No. 420,068. Patented Jan. 28, 1890.

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RETAINING-PIN FOR SCARFS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 420,063, dated January 28, 1890.

Application filed March 28 1889- Serial No. 305,062. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. HART, J r., of the city and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Retaining-Pins for Scarfs, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part thereof.

The object of my invention is to provide a retaining-pin for scarfs which will be simple of construction and capable of being readily and firmly inserted in the shield of the scarf or necktie.

Heretofore pins of this character have been used; but so far as I am aware none have been made so simple in construction as my present invention. Such pins have either had a multiplicity of bends or required a double point, or else had both of these defects. My pin herein shown has only one point, and but two bends are required; hence such pins are very readily and cheaply made without requiring special machines to make them, as they may be rapidly and cheaply made with the aid of a pair of common pliers.

This invention consists in the peculiar construction hereinafter more particularly described, and then definitely claimed.

In the drawings similar letters throughout the several views refer to similar parts.

Figure 1 represents a front View of a scarfis inserted. Fig. 2 represents a rear view of the same, and Figs. 3 and 4': various forms of my retaining-pin as they appear when detached from the scarf-shield.

In carrying out my invention I take a piece of wire, composed of any suitable metallic substance and of required length and thickness, which is sharpened or pointed at one end a, and bend it inthe following manner: I first bend it at 0 into a loop or crook opening toward the pointed or sharpened end a, the body portion 1) of the pin extending from the pointed end a to the loop 0, and the second body portion cl may either be substantially parallel to the first body portion 17 or bent obliquely from it, and is formed or bent into a loop at e, opening away from the pointed end a. This loop, as shown in the drawings, is situated above the point a of the retaining-pin. The third and last body portion g is either substantially parallel to the other body portions or may be bent obliquely thereto, and extends upward above the loop 6. My retaining-pin therefore consists of the following essential portions-namely: A long body portion 19, furnished with a pointed end a, the loop 0, opening toward said pointed end a; a second body portion cl, substantially parallel or extending obliquely from the first body portion b; a second loop 6, opening away from the pointed end a, and a third body portion 9, either substantially parallel to the other two body portions 1) and d or bent obliquely thereto. The retaining-pin may be in the same plane,' or may be twisted slightly out of it to admit of the inclosed scarf portion being held smoothly therein.

The method of fastening my retaining-pin to the scarf-shield is as follows: The point of the pin is inserted in the rear fold of the shield at two points, the first being above the edge of the rear fold of the shield and allowing the pointed end a to project below the edge of the rear fold of said shield, and the second point being below the first and a little above the lower edge of the rear fold. The body cl then extends to the lower edge of the rear fold, the loop a inclosing. said lower edge of the rear fold and is thereturned under the edge of said fold, the body 9 extending un der the same. This method of fastening is shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

From the description of my new retaining pin and of the method of its insertion it can readily be perceived that it possesses many advantages, one of which is that of being read ily made, since but two bendings are required. It also holds the scarf-shield firmly between its body portions. There is no clamping or sewing required, the loops 0 and e preventing the pin from slipping downward or upward when the pin is simply inserted in the scarfshield, the method of insertion preventing any lateral motion of the retaining-pin. It lies fiat on the shield, and therefore is not cumbersome and does not materially increase the thickness of the scarf-shield.

It will be observed that my pin is very simply and cheaply constructed, as it has but one point and only two bends, and yet holds its position perfectly.

I am aware of the Schrade patent,No. 376,047,

dated January 31, 1888; but the pin there shown is essentially different from mine, in that Schrades requires two points and to be clamped or otherwise attached to the shield by a separate application after the pin has been inserted, or otherwise it would slip out, whereas my pin has but one point and is securely fastened without any clamping, sewing, or similar second operation, by reason of the pointed part passing twice through the cloth and the lower loop being hooked under the lower end of the shield.

Having fully described my invention, what I desire to claim and secure by United States Letters Patent is- A scarf-shield provided with a pin having three main parts, one 9 having a blunt end, another 19 a pointed one, and the third (Z connected to the others by the bends c e, the central part d being on one side of the shield, the bend 0 being under the edge of the shield and the bend e being in a hole in the shield, and said pointed part being partly under the shield and extending through a hole near the lower edge and below the lower bend c, all substantially as shown and described.

WILLIAM H. HART, JR.

WVitnesses:

Jos. C. GAITHER, J. MURRAY GUILBERT. 

